Broadcast Radio
and Television

A blend of a liberal arts degree and hands-on television lab and radio labs through the facilities of campus TV UATV and campus radio KXUA. Students are prepared to enter the professional news and production world, training as producers, reporters, videographers, anchors and directors.

Upon graduation, broadcast students are able to walk into any television news production and perform any task, whether it be running camera, anchoring, reporting or producing. The focus is on news: on reporting, writing, shooting and editing.

Recent broadcast graduates work at ESPN, CNN and in major news markets.

Required courses for this sequence:

Broadcast News Reporting I 2032 and 2031L
Broadcast News Reporting II 3072 and 3071L
Television Reporting I 4863 and 4860L
Television Reporting II 4873

Plus four electives.

Recommended courses:

Advanced TV News Production 4883 and 4880L
Broadcast Advertising and Sales 4413
A graduate course is offered each spring, examining the television documentary.

Core courses are listed here.

Faculty

Prof. Dale Carpenter
Prof. Larry Foley
Prof. Rick Stockdell

Kimpel 116, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville AR 72701
479-575-3601
Department Chair: Patsy Watkins
Alumni contact: Carol Rachal
Webmaster: Kim Martin
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